Create your own at Storyboard ThatHello and welcome to the Byzantine Empire I'll be your tour guide, did you know the Byzantine Empire lasted around 1000 years. Constantine had divided Rome in half and the Byzantine Empire emerged from the Eastern side. Some factors that made Constantinople a thriving city were aqueducts, Christianity, and borders Well this ends our tour hopefully you learned a little bit about the Byzantine Empire and what role it played in our history. The Byzantine Empire had two main people in charge an Emperor and a Pope. And usually the emperor and the Pope would have a disagree. The Byzantine Empire also had two types of religions, Orthodox and Roman Catholic.